The Ocypus Iota C70 BK ARGB looks like quite the interesting chassis on paper. A compact, dual-glass or "fish tank" style case with a full fan loadout, USB-C and that USP of a display. This complete bundle means that you can easily budget for your components, knowing you already have a case with six matching fans. You can find the same frame and six fan loadout in other cases in some parts of the world for $90, so the question really becomes if the basic temperature display, better designed fans and black USB-A ports are worth that extra $30. Our feeling is that if you are opting for a case like this, you are likely mindful of budget more than anything else, so it may not be an easy sell.

Focusing on the USP of the Ocypus Iota C70 BK ARGB, the display: it is nice and simple, and just works. Connect it via USB 2.0, install a small 3.7 MB app and that's it. There is something attractive about simplicity like this, but if you plan to pair it with another Iota enabled device, you will end up having all showing the same information, unfortunately.

On the upside, the fans inside the Ocypus Iota C70 BK ARGB are better than some of the other ones we have seen in similar cases, with a cleaner look and better ARGB diffusion, but come with the downside of the two on the side not being of the reverse kind. The six units don't move a lot of air, so fewer, higher quality variants may not look as cool but still end up providing lower operating temperatures. Flipping back to the positives, the fact that Ocypus has mounted their controller on the floor coupled with fans that do not have unnecessary pass-through connectors means that you should be able to get a pretty good handle on the cable mess.

The frame of the Ocypus Iota C70 BK ARGB has some fundamental issues of a lack of good cable management, and it feels like the best motherboard for this chassis could be a Micro-ATX or Micro-BTF variant. While ATX is possible, it does feel like an afterthought. Those building a system for the first time will likely be quite overwhelmed, as they will have to disassemble when pairing the case with a full-size motherboard and then also find a way to cable manage everything in somewhat clean fashion. Small things like the black USB-A ports are nice to see, but then there should be no label on the LED button, so that the user can choose its function to be either LED control or an actual reset button when opting for the motherboard to take over the illumination settings.
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The Ocypus Iota C70 BK ARGB manages to do better than its competitors when employing this frame and tooling, with black USB ports, its better fan wiring setup and embedded display. That said, this frame is also strictly limiting in many ways with some elements like the underside dust filter not being easily removable. More importantly, by coming in at a 30% premium to those other options using this chassis, it makes it hard to recommend, unfortunately. If Ocypus had managed to keep this case at $99.99, then it would be a different story, as that would have leveled the playing field in terms of cost, with a small $10 premium for the display.